San Luis
There has been a movement to “Save the San Luis”:http://www.beltstl.com/2009/04/this-was-the-future/ Some of the events have been organized by a New Orleans Blogger who writes about Preservation in his home town of St Louis at “Dotage”:http://stldotage.blogspot.com/ Matthew has an interesting thesis in the works where he discusses new media and preservation. The story of the San […]
Gone
“Miss Ellen’s”:http://raymondpward.typepad.com/rainman2/2007/03/miss_ellens_pai.html house after “she was gone”:http://www.squanderedheritage.com/2008/01/05/ellen-montgomery/ I went by the other day and wondered if my quest to remember what had been was now a curse because while others may ride by and see a vacant lot I see the outline of a house. A house with quite a story, and as I stopped […]
NCDC Agenda
“Michelle Kimball”:http://blog.prcno.org/ at the PRC has compiled the photos for next weeks NCDC meeting. To view them go “here”:http://www.flickr.com/photos/prc-advocacy/sets/72157616492066424/
In word and deed
I saw Dr. John a few weeks ago at a community meeting about the reopening of Charity. Not my best photo but there he was sitting quietly in a pew listening to the speakers. Today this ad was released. Looks like there is more than one Doctor that would like to see Charity open.
NCDC agenda April 6
This is one of the properties on the agenda. To “view the full agenda”:http://www.squanderedheritage.com/april-6-agenda/
Creole Cottages
3 “creole cottages”:http://bywater.org/Arch/Creole.htm sit on the corner of “Iberville and N.Galvez”:http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=2100+Iberville+New+Orleans&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=34.176059,80.947266&ie=UTF8&ll=29.961906,-90.080788&spn=0.009128,0.019763&z=16&iwloc=addr remarkably close to the proposed LSU/VA site. A year or so ago there were 4 early one morning I received a call from a neighbor reporting the demolition illegally executed without the proper permits. And at various times over the past year the owner […]
NCDC Agenda
To see the {almost} “complete agenda”:http://www.squanderedheritage.com/ncdc-agenda-march/ This meeting will take place Monday March 2 at City Hall in Council chambers. Always a good time.
Shades of things to come..
Have you noticed these markings on the sidewalk and curbs? New bright orange paint, this is a way to tell which property is owned by the Louisiana Land Trust aka Road Home. These properties are going to end up in the hands of NORA and this week marks the first time we have seem them […]
Pave Paradise
They took all the trees And put them in a tree museum Then they charged the people A dollar and a half just to see ’em Don’t it always seem to go, That you don’t know what you’ve got ‘Til it’s gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot It seems some people […]